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Dramatis Personae
- Daniel Scarfò
- Filopolímata y explorador de vidas más poéticas, ha sido traductor, escritor, editor, director de museos, músico, cantante, tenista y bailarín de tango danzando cosmopolita entre las ciencias y las humanidades. Doctor en Filosofía (Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University) y Licenciado y Profesor en Sociología (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Estudió asimismo Literatura Comparada en la Universidad de Puerto Rico y Estudios Portugueses en la Universidad de Lisboa. Vivió también en Brasil y enseñó en universidades de Argentina, Canadá y E.E.U.U.
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sábado, 16 de diciembre de 2017
(Inter nos)
Imo pectore
in aeternum
in infinito
in perpetuum
in puris naturalibus
in secula seculorum
in toto
intus et in cute
impotents sui.
domingo, 10 de diciembre de 2017
¿Cómo dirigirse correctamente a una piedra?
jueves, 23 de noviembre de 2017
sábado, 4 de noviembre de 2017
Una buena amiga de Kafka
Ver nota publicada en https://www.clarin.com/revista-enie/literatura/buena-amiga-kafka_0_Byezl5FQyz.html
miércoles, 1 de noviembre de 2017
Hay días en que me siento presente
martes, 31 de octubre de 2017
Hay días en que me siento futuro
lunes, 30 de octubre de 2017
Hay días en que me siento pasado
sábado, 28 de octubre de 2017
Pensar que están pensando...
viernes, 27 de octubre de 2017
Si uno va hasta el final...
sábado, 14 de octubre de 2017
domingo, 8 de octubre de 2017
Peor para ellos
miércoles, 4 de octubre de 2017
La verdadera libertad
martes, 3 de octubre de 2017
Yo he sido ambos
domingo, 1 de octubre de 2017
sábado, 23 de septiembre de 2017
Enivrez-vous
sábado, 16 de septiembre de 2017
¿A dónde le llevaría una petición así?
Para acabar de una vez con el maltrato a la cultura
Cultura, Terry Eagleton. Taurus, 200 págs.
domingo, 10 de septiembre de 2017
domingo, 3 de septiembre de 2017
Sie trägt den Wind...
martes, 29 de agosto de 2017
lunes, 28 de agosto de 2017
lunes, 7 de agosto de 2017
Literature of the Americas II
LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS
SYLLABUS | 2017 SECOND TERM
Daniel Scarfo | Austral University | International Program
3 credits, 6 ECTS
English
Instructor: Daniel Scarfo, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Course Description
This course analyzes some of the most important literary pieces of the Americas, focusing in three different traditions associated with particular geographies: North America, the Caribbean and the River Plate region.
Course Aims/Objectives
* Knowing and understanding the literature of the Americas.
* Reading and being able to recognize important American writers and their contributions.
Requirements and Prerequisites
Introductory Course
Learning outcomes
This course aims to allow the student to:
* know and understand different aspects of the American culture, especially its literature.
* be able to compare different writers and genres, and speak critically about them
analyze literature in relation to its historical, geographical and cultural context.
Developmental Outcomes
Students should demonstrate: responsibility and accountability, independence, open and critical mind as well as appreciation of differences.
Contents
August 7: The Discovery of the New World: Arcadia and Utopia. Introduction to the course
August 14: Emerson's and Hawthorne's New England
Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the scrivener”
August 28: Chicago’s World Fair and Hollywood: an American experience.
Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago”
Scott Fitzgerald, “The crack-up”
September 4: William Faulkner's New South
William Faulkner, The sound and the fury
September 11: The Beat Generation
Jack Kerouac, On the road
September 18: Students’ Presentations on selected writers
September 25: Latin American Writings: A literary heritage explored.
Multiple Choice Examination I
October 2: The Writing of the Caribbean: Carpentier and García Márquez
Alejo Carpentier, “Journey back to the source”
Gabriel García Márquez, “Chronicle of a death foretold”
October 9: Latin American Poetry: Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Cèsar Vallejo. Selected poems and Jean Franco's An Introduction to Spanish American Literature (chapter 9)
October 23: Tango lyrics and Argentinian literature. Tropicalia lyrics and Brazilian literature
Selected texts
October 30: River Plate Literature: Jorge Luis Borges
“An autobiographical essay”, “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”, The Aleph”
November 6: River Plate Literature: Julio Cortázar
“Axolotl”, “Casa tomada”, “The Southern Highway”
November 13: Multiple Choice Examination II and Final Papers Discussion
November 28: Final paper due
Class Policies
Attendance
Students may only miss two classes in each course. Failure to meet this requirement will translate into failing the course.
If as a result of being absent a student misses an exam, he/she will receive zero points and fail the class.
It is up to the Director of International Programs to decide whether an absence is justified due to an illness or other force majeure causes. The student will have to produce proof of such situations.
Punctuality
Arriving late or leaving early equals to an absence. The tolerance will be five minutes.
Coming in and out of the class repeatedly will translate into an absence.
It is up to the faculty to make exceptions. The student must inform and explain the situation in advance or as soon as circumstances allow him/her to.
Class Participation
Such participation is an important part of your performance. Please come to class with written notes, your questions and thoughts about the possible meanings of the texts you have read. What strikes you? What paragraphs, elements, or points seem to you to be the most significant or enigmatic? Why? I note participation at the end of each session. Come to class each day ready to participate. Complete all reading, bring assigned texts to class, and try to speak at every meeting. If you do not bring your text, if you have not read it before the class or seem distracted, you will not receive participation credit that day.
Assignments
Student’s responsibilities:
Following the professor’s instructions regarding content, structure, format, etc.
Meeting the deadline
Submitting the assignment properly
Making sure the assignment is received by the professor
Professor's responsibilities:
Providing the students with clear guidelines
Being specific on the deadline (date and time)
Explaining how the student should submit his/her work
Confirming each student the assignment has been properly received within 48 hours
The burden of delivery falls on the student, who is responsible for checking the file is not corrupted and that file format can be opened with any standard software. Students are encouraged to CC or CCO themselves at a different address to make sure the email is deliverable and the file can be opened.
Missing the deadline will result in losing one point every 24 hours past the deadline.
Presentations (2 page close reading + discussion, 15 mins. total): Students read short papers aloud in class. Presentations offer a brief reading of a writer. Each student leads class discussion with 2 questions after his or her presentation. Students hand in hard copies of close readings and questions the day his/her presentation is due.
Guidelines for the final paper (due November 28th 11:59pm)
Final papers should demonstrate mastery of course materials and reading practices. They should show that you have been a student in this course and followed the class presentations and discussions. Also,
a) They should contain between 8 and 10 pages, besides the bibliography.
b) I recommend to start writing many more pages (early!!!) and then proceed to clean up the document discarding what is unnecessary to the point you are trying to make.
c) I expect an essay on one of the topics we discuss in class or that are available in the syllabus, or a topic in a dialogue with them, and you should keep that dialogue.
d) It must also show a dialogue or discussion with at least one text from the bibliography
e) Then you can also add all the bibliography you want to add (available or not in the syllabus)
Formatting Instructions: Assignments should be double-spaced with standard margins in 12-point Times New Roman font. Number pages and include a title. Do not include additional spaces between paragraphs.
The day the paper is due, send a digital copy to scarfedu@yahoo.com.ar and alfajoraltazor@gmail.com
Assessment
Participation 20%
Presentation on selected writer 20%
Multiple Choice I 15%
Multiple Choice II 15%
Final paper 30%
To pass a course the following criteria must be met:
Getting at least a 4 (60%) as a final grade.
Getting at least a 4 (60%) in the final paper.
Getting at least a 3 (50%) in all other assessment instances.
Meeting the attendance requirement.
There will be no make-up exams or make-up assignments
Missing the deadline will result in losing one point every 24 hours past the deadline.
You must also request an extension at least one day before an assignment is due, otherwise the extension will not be given and the late assignment will not be accepted.
Academic integrity
Students must show the utmost sense of honesty and responsibility.
Any form of plagiarism, cheating or collusion is subject to severe academic punishment, ranging from failing the class to being expelled from the University.
It is the student’s responsibly to know how to use, quote and reference sources adequately, or to ask the professor if the student is unsure.
Code of conduct in class
Students must be respectful of others. They must not disrupt the class with their behavior, nor should they make comments or exhibit attitudes of a derogatory or inflammatory nature that may likely offend or hurt other people in the class.
Eating in class is not permitted but drinking could be if the professor allows it.
Use of electronic devices
The use of cell phones in class is not permitted.
Other electronic devices are not allowed either unless explicitly authorized by the professor.
In no case should a tablet, laptop, or similar, be used for non-academic purposes.
Failure to abide by any of the above will result in an absence and/or losing points for participation.
martes, 1 de agosto de 2017
Los dedos confusos
sábado, 22 de julio de 2017
sábado, 15 de julio de 2017
jueves, 6 de julio de 2017
Tomar clases de danza neuronal
https://www.clarin.com/opinion/tomar-clases-danza-neuronal_0_rkt8JxjEW.html
Desde que nacemos tendemos a sincronizar nuestros movimientos, miradas y diálogos. Es como una danza. Por eso estar con personas inteligentes nos vuelve más inteligentes y estar con quienes no lo son nos estupidiza, así como jugar al tenis con grandes tenistas nos vuelve mejores y jugar con quienes no juegan tan bien reduce nuestro rendimiento. Esto sucede, entre otras cosas, porque cuando miramos a los otros nos encontramos tanto con ellos como con nosotros. Durante mucho tiempo hemos estado dominados por el prejuicio de que existe una separación completa entre el yo y el otro. ¿Pero cómo nos conectamos entonces? Es cierto que cada persona dice lo que dice u oye lo que oye según su propia determinación estructural y la comunicación no depende de lo que se entrega sino de lo que ocurre con el que recibe. Las palabras son acciones, no son cosas que se pasan de aquí para allá. Pero la trama de nuestras coordinaciones conductuales en la manipulación de nuestro mundo y la comunicación es inseparable de nuestra experiencia. A su vez, si bien existe un sistema cerebral social en el que no nos diferenciamos de los otros, como cada ser humano se cría en un ambiente diferente y tiene experiencias distintas, la arquitectura de cada cerebro humano es por cierto única.
La narración de nuestro cerebro está incesantemente en busca de y creando sentido. Y si la forma o contenido de una experiencia son su construcción eso no vuele ilusoria tal experiencia. Somos de alguna forma prisioneros de la huella cultural almacenada en nuestro cerebro. Las preguntas sobre lo verdadero y el bien están enredadas en nuestros circuitos neuronales y tienen que ver con su historia. Las intuiciones morales están ya allí pero el aprendizaje modifica las conexiones sinápticas entre las neuronas y su intensidad. Y, contrariamente a lo que el prejuicio indica, la neurobiología revela que nuestro cerebro es fundamentalmente lo que hacemos de él. Si usted, lector, recuerda algo de esta nota será porque su cerebro cambió ligeramente después de leerla.
sábado, 1 de julio de 2017
Pensar a solas, vencer bien acompañado
Publicada en la Revista Ñ el sábado 1 de julio (ver link abajo)
https://www.clarin.com/revista-n/literatura/pensar-solas-vencer-bien-acompanado_0_Sy249H_EZ.html
La experiencia interior. Suma ateológica I, Georges Bataille. El cuenco de plata, 316 págs.
martes, 27 de junio de 2017
Terapeuta espiritual
Alexander Pope.
Quisiera ser una especie de terapeuta espiritual pero no puedo, me consume la indignación ante los gusanos que se devoraron y aún se devoran el queso podrido en que se convirtió la Argentina. Va aquí para ellos, y para los que les dieron y les dan de comer, todo mi desprecio.
Caliente, la verdad
sábado, 24 de junio de 2017
Muchos problemas
domingo, 4 de junio de 2017
Deber ingrato
Lisandro de la Torre.
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